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[Kachina624]

Ive heard the latest hub of scam the USA activity will be the Philippines 

[sweetee2]

I also got a call from India  telling ,etc I had a virus  on my computer and I needed to login  immediately. I told him I wasn't home. He got angry with me and wanted to know how long it would take me to get home, because it was very serious. I kept telling him I wasn't home. He kept telling him I wasn't home .He kept telling me I needed to turn on my computer. I finally hung up. They kept calling me. I just didn't answer.

[Nuttmeg]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

    Oh yes I get calls about twice a week between my cellphone & home phone.I've been called by the" IRS " several times threatening to put me in jail.I've also gotten calls from "Microsoft" telling me that I had a serious virus on my computer!! They asked me to grant them remote access to fix it!!  Etc. Etc.These calls never stop!! I just hang up !!  They all have Indian accents!!

    I feel sorry for lonely gullible people like the elderly & handicapped!!!

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The very sick can not go out and transfer money. These folks know who they are calling.

[Nuttmeg]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Ive heard the latest hub of scam the USA activity will be the Philippines 

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I get calls all the time to save money on my energy bill from Philipines.

[truffle]

Right before Christmas I received a few calls from a call center in India claiming to be the IRS and it was just laughable, their entire script was nothing but laughable.  I couldn't even get mad, it was just so comical.  I kept putting their number on block and did receive a couple voice mails and one was over the top hysterical telling me that they wish me good luck for ignoring them.   

I know how I got on their call list as I had this silly impulse one night to enter a Hearst Publication contest.  Never entered anyone else's.  Good ol girl Patty Hearst must have informted her employees to sell those phone numbers.  I wll never enter or purchase anything related to her again.  She is scum.  

[Kachina624]

I don't understand why people even listen to these scammers as it just encourages them.   I accidently answered a call that said " I'm calling from the windows office".  That's as far as he got before I hung up. 

[debcakes]

I had been getting those IRS messages and messed with them a bit. I called the number and thanked them for alerting me to the problem. I told  them I was so concerned that I called the I R S and gave them the number to call so they could straighten it out for me. The guy couldn't hang up on me fast enough and must have taken me off the list. No calls since. 

[qvcaddition]

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@NicksmomESQ wrote:

    Oh yes I get calls about twice a week between my cellphone & home phone.I've been called by the" IRS " several times threatening to put me in jail.I've also gotten calls from "Microsoft" telling me that I had a serious virus on my computer!! They asked me to grant them remote access to fix it!!  Etc. Etc.These calls never stop!! I just hang up !!  They all have Indian accents!!

    I feel sorry for lonely gullible people like the elderly & handicapped!!!

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Not all elderly people fall for it.  We grew up in a world of trust and respect, but since all that has changed in this new world we need to be more vigilant.  UNfortunately, some have not advance in their thinking, but the majority I know have.  I  live alone, but am not lonely, and working on BA.  Beats the Senior center, which is helpful to many, just not my route.

[Cats3000]

We're on the list for both land lines and our cell phones.  We still get calls.  The list is another "feel-good" from the federal government that is really worthless.

[qualitygal]

Just from messages on here, I don't think the no call list works anymore. I think we should just screen our calls. That's always worked for us. The caller now shows up on our phone.